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  Moscow (AFP) May 13, 2019 Russian President Vladimir Putin is expected to visit a top military flight test centre and inspect new weaponry on Tuesday, hours before he meets US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, the Kremlin said. Pompeo will visit Putin in Russia's Black Sea resort of Sochi for the highest-level talks between Moscow and Washington in nearly a year. Ahead of the negotiations Putin will visit one of Russia's leading military aircraft testing centres in the southern Astrakhan region, the Kremlin said on Monday. ... read more |
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Europe warns US against Iran escalation as tensions mountBrussels (AFP) May 13, 2019 Europe on Monday urged the US not to further escalate tensions over the Iran nuclear deal, with Britain issuing a stark warning of the risk of conflict erupting "by accident" in the Gulf. ... more 
Unification support falls in S. Korea as talks stallSeoul (AFP) May 13, 2019 Ever more South Koreans prefer peaceful co-existence with the nuclear-armed North to reunification of the peninsula, a survey found Monday. ... more 
Pompeo visits Brussels as Europe meets on IranBrussels (AFP) May 13, 2019 US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrived in Brussels on Monday to discuss the Iran nuclear deal, as Britain issued a stark warning about the risk of conflict erupting "by accident" in the Gulf. ... more 
Trump warns that if Iran 'do anything', they 'will suffer greatly'Washington (AFP) May 13, 2019 President Donald Trump warned Monday that Iran would "suffer greatly" were it to "do anything," amid US intelligence indications that Tehran was planning to attack US interests in the region. ... more |
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4th Space Operations Squadron takes control of AEHF-4Schriever AFB CO (AFNS) May 13, 2019 The 4th Space Operations Squadron accepted control of a new satellite in their constellation, Advanced Extremely High Frequency-4 from the Space and Missile Center and 14th Air Force in a satellite ... more  
Next AEHF satellite shipped to Cape Canaveral for June launchCape Canaveral FL (SPX) May 10, 2019 The US Air Force is gearing up to launch the fifth global, anti-jam, protected communications satellite after its arrival in Florida. Lockheed Martin shipped the Air Force's fifth Advanced Extremely ... more  
Yemen arms inquiry poses threat to French press freedom: NGOsParis (AFP) May 13, 2019 Press freedom is under attack in France as three journalists face an inquiry over the leaking of a classified report on the use of French arms in Yemen, rights groups warned on Monday. ... more  
Taiwan won't ask for murder suspect if HK passes extradition lawTaipei (AFP) May 10, 2019 Taiwan says it has no intention of asking Hong Kong to return a murder suspect from the financial hub if the government passes controversial extradition legislation that puts Taiwanese citizens at risk of China's reach. ... more  
US announces $160 mn 'peace' funding payment to ColombiaBogota (AFP) May 14, 2019 The US government announced Monday it will provide $160 million in funding to Colombia to help implement the historic peace accord signed between the state and now-disarmed FARC rebels. ... more |
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Georgia Tech Research receives Navy contract for wave studyWashington (UPI) May 9, 2019 The Georgia Tech Research Corp. received an $8.1 million award from the U.S. Navy for wave research, the Defense Department said. ... more  |
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Airbus and Thales Alenia Space to build two SpainSAT NG satellitesMadrid, Spain (SPX) May 07, 2019 A four co-primes consortium formed by Airbus and Thales Alenia Space (both in Spain and France) has been selected by Hisdesat Servicios Estrategicos S.A. (Spanish Governmental Satellite Operator) to ... more  
Fears of new jihadist 'academies' as Iraqi jails fill upBaghdad (AFP) May 9, 2019 As Iraq tries thousands of locals and foreigners accused of joining the Islamic State group, experts warn its jails could once again become "academies" for jihadists. ... more  
Patriot system, transport ship sent to Middle East as Iran tensions riseWashington DC (UPI) May 13, 2019 The Defense Department is moving the USS Arlington amphibious transport dock ship and a Patriot surface-to-air missile battery to the Middle East for additional military strength amid rising tensions with Iran. ... more 
Belgian leaders mull suspension of Saudi arms salesBrussels (AFP) May 11, 2019 Belgian leaders are mulling the suspension of arms sales to Saudi Arabia, national broadcaster RTBF said Saturday after it was reported they had been used in Yemen. ... more  
Rocket Lab to launch rideshare mission for SpaceflightHuntington Beach CA (SPX) May 13, 2019 Rocket Lab announced Friday that its next flight will launch multiple spacecraft on a mission procured by satellite rideshare and mission management provider, Spaceflight. The launch window will ope ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) May 13, 2019 
The Defense Department is moving the USS Arlington amphibious transport dock ship and a Patriot surface-to-air missile battery to the Middle East for additional military strength amid rising tensions with Iran.
On Friday, the Pentagon announced the ship and an additional launching system for PAC-3 missiles are part of the U.S. Central Command's original request from earlier this week fo ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) May 8, 2019 
Raytheon Co. announced on Tuesday it was chosen to integrate the Naval Strike Force Missile into the U.S. Marine Corps' existing structure.
The missile, which can be launched from land or sea, is a precision-strike armament which can fly at very low altitudes, and detect and destroy targets at long distances.
The Navy uses the missile on littoral combat ships as an anti-ship weap ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) May 13, 2019 
Northrop Grumman has been awarded a $163.6 million contract for support services on the U.S. Army's fleet of MQ-5B Hunter drones.
The company will operate, engineer, reconfigure and maintain the unmanned aerial systems as part of the new contract, the Department of Defense said Friday.
Work will be performed at Northrop Grumman's plant in Sierra Vista, Ariz., with the contract es ... more |
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 Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) May 10, 2019 
The US Air Force is gearing up to launch the fifth global, anti-jam, protected communications satellite after its arrival in Florida. Lockheed Martin shipped the Air Force's fifth Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF-5) satellite to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station ahead of its expected June launch on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket. AEHF-5's launch comes just eight months after AEHF- ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) May 13, 2019 
Raytheon has been awarded a $101.3 million contract to build radio-controlled, anti-tank missiles for the U.S. Army.
The Defense Department on Friday announced the company was selected to build the tactically launched and optically tracked wireless-guided missiles, or TOW.
The weapon system, which includes TOW 2A, TOW 2B Aero and TOW Bunker Buster versions, is deployed by more th ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) May 13, 2019  Press freedom is under attack in France as three journalists face an inquiry over the leaking of a classified report on the use of French arms in Yemen, rights groups warned on Monday.
The three journalists - Geoffrey Livolsi and Mathias Destal from the Disclose website and Radio France's Beno�t Collombat - have been summoned to a hearing on Tuesday and Wednesday at the domestic intelligen ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) May 11, 2019 
Flaring tensions between Washington and Beijing are raising the prospect of new global diplomatic and economic fault lines, with consequences that analysts say could pose unfamiliar challenges to world leaders.
From an escalating trade war to an influence struggle in the South China Sea, "we've entered a period of strong and long-term rivalry between the United States and China," said Alice ... more |
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 Bochum, Germany (SPX) May 07, 2019 
Nanoparticles can be used in many ways as catalysts. To be able to tailor them in such a way that they can catalyse certain reactions selectively and efficiently, researchers need to determine the properties of single particles as precisely as possible. So far, an ensemble of many nanoparticles is analysed. However, the problem of these investigations is that the contributions of different parti ... more |
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 Baghdad (AFP) May 9, 2019 
As Iraq tries thousands of locals and foreigners accused of joining the Islamic State group, experts warn its jails could once again become "academies" for jihadists.
Prison was a pivotal moment for many prominent jihadists - not least of them Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, IS's Iraqi supremo who remains at large despite the collapse of his "caliphate" in March.
Baghdadi was held in Camp Bucca, ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) May 13, 2019 
President Donald Trump warned Monday that Iran would "suffer greatly" were it to "do anything," amid US intelligence indications that Tehran was planning to attack US interests in the region.
"I'm hearing little stories about Iran," Trump told reporters as he hosted Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban at the White House.
"If they do anything, it would be a very bad mistake," Trump warn ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) May 11, 2019 
US President Donald Trump cranked up the heat in a trade battle with China on Friday, ordering a tariff hike on almost all remaining imports from the world's second-biggest economy, but Beijing said talks would continue to resolve the row.
After tweeting that two days of trade talks in Washington had been "candid and constructive," the businessman-turned-politician changed tack and followed ... more |
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 Berkeley CA (SPX) May 14, 2019 
Mario Wannier, a career geologist with expertise in studying tiny marine life, was methodically sorting through particles in samples of beach sand from Japan's Motoujina Peninsula when he spotted something unexpected: a number of tiny, glassy spheres and other unusual objects.
Wannier, who is now retired, had been comparing biological debris in beach sands from different areas in an effort ... more |
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 Nanjing (XNA) May 03, 2019 
China's spacecraft tracking ship Yuanwang-7 is sailing to the Pacific Ocean, beginning its first maritime space monitoring mission this year.
The ship departed from a port in eastern China's Jiangsu Province Wednesday.
As a part of China's new generation of spacecraft tracking ships, Yuanwang-7 is about 220 meters long, 40 meters high and has a displacement of nearly 30,000 tonnes. I ... more |
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 Lyon (AFP) May 13, 2019 
The wife and children of former Interpol chief Meng Hongwei, who vanished while visiting China in September last year, have been granted political asylum in France, the family's lawyer told AFP on Monday.
Grace Meng, who was given police protection after she alleged an abduction attempt at the start of the year, was granted asylum on May 2 along with the couple's two children, their lawyer E ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) May 14, 2019  France was Tuesday to pay its final respects to two commandos killed during a raid to rescue four hostages in the Sahel region of Africa last week that has sparked a row over the risks taken by the freed tourists.
French special forces Cedric de Pierrepont, 33, and Alain Bertoncello, 28, who died in the operation in Burkina Faso, will be honoured in a ceremony at the Invalides military compl ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) May 01, 2019 
A U.S. Air Force exercise involving high-energy microwaves and guided lasers to shoot down drones was a success, contractor Raytheon announced.
Dozens of unmanned aerial targets were defeated in the tests at White Sands Missile Range, N.M., a Raytheon statement released on Tuesday said.
The event expanded on previous directed energy demonstrations, including a U.S. Army exercise ... more |
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